Job Title: Founding Engineer (Security / Platform) Company Name: Bridged AI Job Url: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?currentJobId=4371308693&f_AL=true&f_TPR=r86400&f_WT=3&keywords=software%20engineer&origin=JOB_SEARCH_PAGE_JOB_FILTER&spellCorrectionEnabled=true Job Description: Founding Engineer (Security / Platform) of new AI startup Bridged AI · Denver, CO (Hybrid) Easy Apply Save Save Founding Engineer (Security / Platform) of new AI startup at Bridged AI Show more options Your profile is missing required qualifications Show match details Help me update my profile BETA Is this information helpful? Get personalized tips to stand out to hirers Find jobs where you’re a top applicant and tailor your resume with the help of AI. Try Premium for PKR0 About the job Bridged AI — Fort Collins, CO (Hybrid Preferred | Remote Possible for Exceptional Candidates) About Bridged AI Bridged AI is building a next-generation Trust Automation platform designed to help organizations make confident, auditable ship/no-ship decisions across complex software and AI delivery systems. Modern engineering organizations struggle to answer a simple but critical question: “Is this release safe to ship?” Bridged AI solves this by creating an Evidence Graph that connects security, compliance, CI/CD, and AI lifecycle signals into automated trust scoring, continuous compliance validation, and scalable release governance. The company is founded by a former Microsoft engineering and software supply chain security leader who helped secure large-scale global development ecosystems and modern DevSecOps pipelines. The Opportunity We are hiring an early Founding Engineer to help architect and build the core technical foundation of Bridged AI. This is a rare opportunity to: • Help define an emerging category in software and AI trust automation • Shape core platform architecture and product direction • Work directly with the founder and early design partners • Own meaningful technical decisions from day one • Receive significant founding-stage equity ownership What You’ll Work On Depending on your strengths, responsibilities may include: Platform & Data Engineering • Design and build scalable evidence ingestion pipelines • Develop distributed systems supporting large-scale security signal correlation • Architect multi-tenant, cloud-native platform infrastructure • Design APIs and SDK integrations across CI/CD, cloud, and AI ecosystems • Build graph-based or event-driven data processing architectures Security & Trust Systems • Integrate supply chain security frameworks (SBOM, SLSA, provenance, signing systems) • Develop trust scoring and risk evaluation engines • Build policy and compliance automation systems • Implement security validation, verification, and signal normalization logic Ideal Background We are looking for builders who thrive in early-stage environments. You likely bring: • 5+ years experience building scalable backend, platform, or security infrastructure • Strong experience with distributed systems, data pipelines, or cloud platform engineering • Experience working with DevOps, CI/CD, or security tooling ecosystems • Proficiency in one or more backend languages (Go, Python, TypeScript, Java, Rust, or similar) • Experience working with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, or Kubernetes-based systems) • Strong product thinking and ability to collaborate directly with customers and leadership Bonus experience includes: • Software supply chain security • SBOM / provenance / signing frameworks • Graph databases or streaming architectures • Security telemetry or compliance automation • Developer platform or internal tooling development What We Value • Builder mindset and ownership mentality • Curiosity about security, trust, and developer ecosystems • Comfort operating in startup ambiguity • Strong communication and collaboration skills • Passion for solving hard, meaningful infrastructure problems Compensation This is a founding-stage role offering: • Meaningful founding-level equity • Flexible early compensation structure • Opportunity to grow into senior technical leadership Location • Denver / Colorado hybrid preferred • Remote candidates considered for exceptional fit Why Join Bridged AI The next decade of software and AI will require new trust infrastructure. Bridged AI is building the platform to make that possible. If you are excited about solving deeply technical challenges that impact how the world builds and deploys software and AI safely, we would love to talk.